Clutch and the like



F. A. JOSEPH 1,718,359

CLUTCH AND THE LIKE June 25, 1929.

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CLUTCH AND THE LIKE Filed May 8, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented .lime 25, 1929..

V.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FELIX ALEXANDER JosEP'H, or LoNDoN, ENGLAND.

'CLUTCH AND THE LIKE.l

Application led May 8, 1926,Seria1 No. 107,557, and in Great Britain .Tune 13, 1925..

This invention relates to clutches, or devices for enabling one member, which is y adapted to rotate, to be locked to, or unlocked from, another member while both 5 members or either member may be rotating, and has for its objects improvements therein and relating thereto.

Apparatus made according to the present invention comprises the elements of two unidirectional clutches adapted to act in opposite directions and normally as a bidirectional coupling, provided wit-h means for unidirectional uncoupling. Means may be r provided for'autiomatically restoring bidirectionalA coupling when synchronization between the driving and driven members is attained. f In one form of the invention the said means fory 'automatically restoring bi directional coupling without shock comprises a control member which is permitted a limor play with respect.'

ited angular movement to the driven member. The condition of unidirectional or bidirectional coupling of the device is governed by the position,'with in its play, of the control member. I wishit tol be understood that for the purposes.- of this specification the term coupling is used to describe a device for locking together two independent members so that theyare compelled .to share the same .rotation at all times irrespective 'of which -is momentarily a driving member.

` Furthermore, it is to be understood that v when a unidirectional clutch comprises la r cam member, rollers or other wedging members and a member whose working surface is 'a' figure of revolution, the last named member may behereinafter referred -to as the abutment member. f f' The said bidirectional coupling may comprise two unidirectionalv clutches each v of any type whatever capable 'of acting in ^opposite directions between the driving and driven members of the apparatus. When thesef' unidirectional -`clutches are o f the silent type embodying Wedges, rollers or balls or.other gripping members( (hereinafter referred to as gripping members) means are provided for controlling the ripping mem- '.'bers of `oneunidirectional c utch with rel spect to those vof the other unidirectional -direction takes place.

together so that are unable to assume their ipping positions at the same instant whic might result in their becoming tightly jammed, thereby preventing the easy declutching ofv the apparatus. i

Owing tothe wedging action that takes place when a torque'in one direction is applied, the corresponding gripping members and coacting slightly distorted, resulting in a slight relative angular movement between the driving and driven members. At the same time the other set of gripping members (unless means are provided for preventing them from dqing so) are ready to grip instantaneously as soon as relative movement in the reverse the torque irst referred to is removed, the rstvset of wedges and coactin parts of the device tend to revert to their ormer dimen- Consequently, when,

sions, and can only do so by a slight relative i return angular movement taking place in the reverse direction between the driven and driving members, which in turn produces a distortion on the the coacting parts of the device, with the result that when the torque is removed both sets of gripping members and coacting parts are left ina Astate of strain and both sets of 'gripping members become wedged, thereby rendering declutching ditcult. In one form of -such means for preventing jamming each unidirectional clutch is provided with a cage which contains and locates the gripping members of that unidirectional clutch so that movement o f the cage relative to that member (driving or driven) of the apparatus whose rotation it shares when the apparatus is` declutched and which member may be polygonal or otherwise shaped, determines the free or operative positions of the gripping members. By coupling the two cages when one set of gripping is in the operative position the is held just free and vice versa members other set other set of rollers and (permitting in effect a small amount of backlash between the driving and driven members of the device) the possibility of ance with this invention, means are provided i to enable the same rollers to come into action in either direction of rotation, and to be thrown out of action at will.

Means may also be provided for enabling the bidirectional coupling to bethrown into action and the coupling together thereby of the driven and driving members of the apparatus to take place without shock. In one form of bidirectional coupling vprovided with such means, the declutching means is only partial, i. e., when operated may be such as to temporarily convert the clutch into' a unidirectional clutch so that the normally driven member may over-run the normally driving member like an ordinary freewheel, while the driving member remains capable at all times of driving the driven member in one direction ofrotation. To enable the driving and driven members to be coupled up bidirectionally, without shock, means are provided which automatically insure that this takes place only when the normally driving member drives the'norinally driven member, the free-wheel property of the clutch ensurin that when this occurs the4 speed of the driving member is substantiallyf., equal to the speed of the driven member.

In one form of clutch provided with such means, two unidirectional clutches of the silent type are employed, the declutching means consistin of a member slidable longitudinally whic in its normal positionpermits both unidirectional clutches to function and in its advanced and operative position throws one of the unidirectional clutches into neutral. Means are provided for automatically retaining the said longitudinally slidable member in its advanced and operative position so long as the driven member overruns the driving member and automatically causing it to return to its normal "position as soon as the normally driving member once more drives the .normally driven member.

This invention may be employed to facilitate the changing ofgears in gearing mechanism, particularly in the gear boxes of automobiles. For this purpose, a device,'made according to vthis invention and herein de-l scribed, may be coupled between the gear box andthe load (i. e., between .the gear box andthe road wheels in the case of an automobile), thereby permitting the load to 'over-run the gear box at the `will of the operator. At the same time the ordinary friction clutch between engine and gear-box, as commonly provided on automobiles, en-.

ables the gear-box to be disconnected from the engine,- so thatv in combination with means` for arresting or retardingcall the f rotating parts of the gear-bex, gears can be changed easily and silently, while engine andA load are revolving independently.

The drawings filed herewith illustrate some forms of apparatus made in accordance with this inventori, and of them:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section taken on line 1 1, Fig. 2; and

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on line 2 2@ Fig. 1, of a simple form of the type of clutch to which the invention can be applied employing only one set of rollers.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken on line 3 3, Fig. 4, and Figs. 4 and 5 transverse sections taken on lines 4 4 and 5 5, Fig. 8, respectively, of another forni of the invention, vemploying right and left hand unidirectional clutches and provided with means for automatic clutching without shock.

Figs. 3n and 3b show portions ofv the declutching means in detail.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal view, 'partly in 1 section and partly in elevation of apparatus, similar to that illustrated in Figs. 3 to 5, assembled on an automobile.

Fig. 7 is a transverse section ofa particular form of the device.

I desire it to' be clearly understood that' section, is of undulating or flat-toothed*foi-in.

al is a hardened steel drum made integral with, or riveted to, the normally driven member e. Rollers fare cairied by a bronze cage g and are interposed between the cam c and the drum d, the undulations or flat-teeth of the `cam c being of suoli shape that a very slight movement either way ofthe cage g1 relative to the cam c results in the rollers f getting into their active gripped or wedged positions between the drum (l and the cam c. By means of Hat bronze springs .e fixed to the cage g and pressing on the drum (l, the cage g tends to lrevolve with the drum d and consequently any lrelative movement between the cam o and drum d away from one gripped position ensures the rollers being carried by the cage into their other gripped position, so that the clutch functions as a bidirectional coupling, coming into operation automatically in eitherl direction of rotation and irrespective of whether the driving shaft a drives or is driven by the shaft e (i. e. irrespective of whether the power drives the load or whether the load overruns l the source of power). Spring plungcrs y', housed in the cage g, serve to keep the rollers in their correct positions, and thereby to distribute the load uniformly among them.

Slidable on splines on sleeve b is mounted the plate lc provided with a number of conical holes which co-aet, in its advanced position, with tapered pegs z' mounted on the cage g. A fork F operated by an external crank (not shown) enables the plate c to be Y slidden towards the cage g, while springs to ensure the return of Ic to its normal position (as shown in Fig. 1) when its holes are clear of the tapered pegs i. When slidden towards g, the holes of the plate co-act with the tapered pegs i and impart a slight angular motion to the cage g relative to the cam 0, thereby pulling the rollers out of either of their active or gripped positions and positively declutching the apparatus. A sleevenut u serves to locate the sleeve b on the shaft a, and at the same time receives the spigot o made integral with -the drum el. The whole apparatus is enclosed in a casing M which is supported on bearings N1 and N2.

Referring to Figs. 3, 3a, 3b, 4 and 5, ai is the normally driving member which for forward drive rotates in an anti-clockwise direction when looking towards the driving member a to whichis splined a sleeve Z) carrying a drum Z riveted to it. e is the normallydriven shaft to which at one end is splined the sleeve E of the driven coupling. To a flange at the other end of e is riveted two similar polygon-shaped cams, c1 and "02. Between the cams and drum (Z are interposed two sets of rollers, f1 and f2, each carried on a separate cage g1 and g2, supported on the clamping plates, 1.1 and k2. In addition to its function as a cage g? acts as a controlling member. These two sets of rollers have their active positions on opposite corners of the cams and consequently are each capable of transmitting effort in one direction of rotation. Each roller is located in its cage by means of spring plunger-s y'1 and j2 carried on each cage, so as to ensure a uniform distribution of the load am )ng all the rollers of each set. Plates H1 and H2 riveted to the cages g1 and g2 serve to hold the rollers in their cages. A .member 7c splined t and slidable on vshaft e, carrying three adjustable pegs Z (Figs. 3 and 5) is actuated by a fork F. operated externally i by a crank, (not shown) and co-act wit three grooved pegs n fixed rigidly to cage g1, the grooves decreasing in depth in the direction towards the cage. On sliding/l: towards cage g1 the pegs Z and n come into contact after a small distance has been traversed, causing cage g1 to rotate through a small angle relative to cam c1, thereby carrying rollers f1 out of their active positions. Three rods p carried in slots on 7c and passing through holes in g1, H1 and H2, share the longitudinal movement of la and serve the purpose, l.when lo is in its normal position corresponding to clutch on,of cou- ,ing jamming,

f1 have been thrown vberk over-runs the parts are correctly chosen, are unable to get wedged at the same instant, thereby preventas explained above. The portions ofthe rods p are square, one side of the holes in H2 being tapered (see Fig. 3a) in order to permit the free passage of the rods p which in their longitudinal movement partake also of the slight angular movement imparted to cage g1 by pegs Z and grooved pegs n. Notches are cut in these rods p the purpose of which will be clear when the action of the apparatus is being considered; also the purpose of the flat springs z mounted on cage g2 and which press continuously on drum d. In operatiom assuming member a coupled to a motor whiclr is driving a load coupled to member e, the clutch functions as follows:

When member k is in its normal position as shown in Fig. 3the coupling acts as a bidirectional coupling, and the load is positively locked to the motor, the pegs Z and n being out of contact, while cages g1 and g2 are coupled together by the rods p.

Vhen member 7c is slidden towards the cage g1 by operating fork F, one set of rollers, f1, as already explained, is thrown out of act-ion and the load is free to overrun the motor, which can then be stopped or retarded, if desired, and the clutch becomes in effect a free wheel. In this condition, when the normally driven member e overruns the normally driving member a, the cages g1 and g2, which rotate with e, revolve faster than the drum cZ. Consequently, owing to the friction of the flat springs e carried on cage g2 rubbing on drum (Z, the cage g2 tends to be carried away from its active position, the amount of such movement bcholes in H2 and sie ing limited by the depth of the notches cut `vent the return of c to its normal position,

even after the fork F has been itself moved back to its normal position (i. e. towards the left in Fig. So that, once the rollers out of action by operating fork F, and so long as the driven memdriving member :-.-v(1) g2 engages withthese notches in p; (2) the member le is prevented from returnin f to its normal position (which it would otherwise do under the action of springs w) and the rollers f1 continue to be kept out of action. To couple up bidirectionally the motor to the load again, all that is ynecessary is to allow it to speedup until it overtakes and once more drives theiload, whereupon cage g2, through the friction of the springs a on drum eZ, is swung clear of the notches in p and the member k returns to its normal positign under the action of the springs ai, permitting the rollers f1 to assume their active position. A. buffer spring lW serves to absorb any jar due to the sudden return of4 against locating washer y.

It is to be noted that bidirectional coupling takes place automatically when drivsition of the plate 7c .both cages arel inuenced by the friction springs a, which automatically ensure thateither set of rollers take uptheir active positions according as there tends to be over-running or under-rimning ofthe driven member so that the apparatus functions as a true coupling.v Theoretically when one set of rollers is in its wedged position the distance between the position of the other set of rollers and the latters wedged position represents backlash between the driving and' driven members of the apparatus; butin practice this distance can be made indetnitely small so that iii an accurately made apparatus according to this invention backlash can be eliminated to such an extent as to be no more than the backlash which exists between two members splined' or keyed to one another.

The above apparatus could be used in conjunction with the gear box ot an automobile by being assembled between the gear box and back axle, as illustrated in Fig. 6, the, same pedal P, which is normally provided to operate the friction transmission clutch.

being connected through link R with bellcrank m fixed to spindle of fork F, so that it operates also the roller clutch. 'The link R- is so adjusted that on first depressing pedal I), the friction' transmission clutch is declutclied and on further depressing P, the roller clutch is unidirectionally uncoupled, i. e. one set, f1, of rollers is rendered inoperative thereby converting the roller clutch into .a free-wheel. On fully depressing pedal P the brake-band T (Figs. 4 and) connected to the other arm of bell-crank mis tightened, thereby arresting or retarding the motion of all the revolving parts of the gear box. Consequently, even though the auto? mobile may be travelling fast forward, on

. depressing the pedal P to its full extent, all

rotating parts ofthe gear box are brought to rest, and the gear lever L can beop'erated and gear changing effected without risk of clashing-'in fact no skill being required of the driver of the 'automobile forthis operation. Upon allowing the pedal 'P to return to its normal position, the brake-band T is loosened, and the frictiontransmission clutch thrown lin, as usual, but the roller clutchcontinues tov act as a free wheel as above described. The car is not locked bidirectionally to the engine, until the 'latter is speeded up and the driving member a of the roller clutch overtakes and ldrives the driven member e, whereupon tlie bidirectional property of the'roller clutch is automatically restored, and the engine is once'l more locked to the road/ wheels of the vehicle. The sequence of operations when depressing the pedal P is: p

(1) Friction clutch thrown out of action; .v f

(2) Roller clutch thrown out of action; (3) Brakeband tightened and movable parts of gear box arrested or retarded.

Reference is now made to Fig. 7 which is a -transverse section looking in the direction oppositeA to that shown in Fig. 4. By comparison with Fig. 4 it is seen that here,

one' set of rollers is replaced by three wedges X, which serve to drive the automobile in among other ways, in combination withcmawhere occasions arisev rinc and aero engines, for disconnectinof the propeller from the motor, withoutstandstill. ,In electrical power plants where the load is at times very great'the power from a reserve motor which is normally inactive' but coupled by means of the above device to the active motor could be mechanically thrown in to increase the output at such times of peak loads.

ringing the vessel to av What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is y g.

1 In apparatus for coupling rotary driving and driven members, a\device com pris ing the .elements ot" two unidirectional clutches adapted to act in opposite directions and as a bidirectional coupling, )ro- `vided with means for unidirectional uniii combination-with means for automatically restoring bidirectional coupling when synchronization between the driving andthe driven members is approximately attained.

2. In apparatus for coupling rotary driving and driven members a devicecomprising the elements of two unidirectional clutches adapted to act in opposite directions and as a bidirectional coupling, said elements comprising a normally driving member., a normally driven member and coupling,

gripping members associated therewith, said device being adapted to permit the driving lin and driven members to engage in any relative position of rotation of the one to the other and provided with means for unidirectional uncoupling, in combination vwith means which operate automatically when the device functions as a bidirectional coupfor preventing the gripping members which transmit effort in one direction from becoming gripped at the same instant as the gripping members which transmit effort in the opposite direction together with means for causing each set to grip automatically as the direction of the eii'ort transmitted is varied.

3. In apparatus for coupling rotary driving and driven members a device comprising the elements of two' unidirectional clutchesv ada ted to act in opposite directions and as Va bidirectional coupling said elements compiising a normally driving member, a normally driven member and gripping members associated therewith, said device being provided with means for unidirectional uncoupling, in combination with means for at least one cam shaped member and between the driving and driven members isl grippingv members associated therewith, said device being provided with means for unidirectional uncoupling, iii combination with means for automatically restoring bidirectional coupling when synchronizatioiibe-- tween the driving and drivenmembers is attained.

5. In apparatus for coupling rotary driving and driven members, a device comprising the elements of two unidirectional clutches adapted to act in opposite directions and as a bidirectional coupling, said elements comprising a normally driving Vmember, a normally driven member, a number of gripping members in the form of rollers, said device beingprovided with means for unidirectional uncoupling in combination with means for. automatically restoring bidirectional coupling ,when synchronization attained.

6. In apparatus for coupling rotary driv- V ing and driven members, a device compris- `ing the elements of` two unidirectional clutches adapted to act in opposite directions and as a bidirectional coupling, the said elements comprising a normally driving member, a normally driven member, a number of gripping members in the formvof rollers, said device being provided with means for unidirectional uncoupling in combination with means which operate 'automatically when the device functions as a bidirectional coupling, for preventing the gripping members which transmit effort in one direction from becoming gripped at the same instant as the gripping members which transmit effort in the opposite direction together with means for causing each setto grip automatically as the direction of the effort transmitted is varied.

7 In apparatus for coupling rotary driving and driven members, a device comprising the elements of two unidirectional clutches adapted to act in opposite directions and as a bidirectional coupling, said elements comprising a normally driving member, a normall driven member and gripping members, in the form of rolling members, associated therewith, together with at least one cage for supporting the said gripping members, said device being provided with means for unidirectional unconpling in combination with means for automatically restoring bidirectional coupling without shock.

8. In apparatus for coupling rotary driving and driven members, a device comprising the elements of two unidirectional clutchesadapted to act in opposite directions and as a bidirectional coupling, said elements comprising a normally driving member, a normally driven member, gripping members associated therewith, two cages adapted to support the gripping members and means for controlling at least one cage so that when one set of gripping members is in action the cage supporting the other set of gripping members is held in such a position as to .prevent said gripping members from coming into action, said device being adapted to permit the driving and Adriven members to engage in any relative Vposition of rotation of the one to the other.

9. In apparatus for coupling rotary driving and driven members, a device comprising the elements of two unidirectional clutches adapted to act in opposite directions and as a bidirectional coupling, said elements comprising a normally driving member, a normally driven member, gripping members associated therewith, two .cages adapted to supportlthe gripping rmembers and means for coupling one cage to the other cage'so thatwhen one set of gripping members is lin action the cage supporting the other set of gripping members is held in such a position as to prevent said gripping members from coming into action, springsin atleast one cage adapted to maintain the gripping members in definite positions in their respective cages, said device being adapted to permit the driving and driven membersv to engage in any vrelative position of rotation of the one to the other. l0. In" apparatus for coupling rotary driven member in the form of a c am, a number of gripping members in the form of rollers, two'cages adapted to support the gripping members together with means for cou liner one cave to the other cavo so that .b b C when one-set of gripping members is in action the cage containing the other set of gripping members is held in such a position as to prevent said gripping members from coming into action. i

11. In apparatus for coupling rotary, driving and driven members, a device comprising the elements of tw'o unidirectional clutches adapted to act in opposite directions and as a bidirectional coupling, said elements comprising a driving member in thev form of a drum, a driven member'in the form of a cam, gripping members, two cages adapted to support the gripping members together with a friction coupling between one of the cages and the drum shaped member adapted tocause; a limited angular movementbetween the said cage and the cam shaped member for the purpose of causing the gripping members of the said lcage to leave and to return to their operative position, according as the normally driving member does not drive or does drive the normally driven member.

12. In apparatus for coupling rotary driving and driven members, a devic'e'comprising the elements of two unidirectional clutches adapted to act-in opposite directions and as a bidirectional coupling said elements comprising a driving and a driven member adapted to engage in any relative position of rotation of the one to the other, and gripping members, together with means for unidirectional uncoupling, said means -comprising a member slidable longitudinally which in its normal position permits the ap- -paratus to act as a bidirectional coupling while in its advanced and operative position.

.it prevents the gripping-members from taking up one of their-active positions, in combination with means for automatically restoring bidirectional couplingwhen synchroniZation between the driving and the'driven members is attained. j

13. In apparatus for coupling rotary driving and drlven members, ing the elements. of two unidirectional V clutches adapted to actin opposite directions andas a bidirectional coupling, said `elements comprising a driving and a dri-ven member, gripping members, in combinatiox-iv wlth means for unidirectional .uncoupling, together with additional means for restoring bidirectional coupling, said additional a device compris-- 14. In apparatus for coupling rotary driving and driven members, 'a device comprising the elements of two )unldirectional clutches adapted to act 1n opposite directions and as a bidirectional coupling, said elements comprising a driving and a driven member, gripping members, at least 4one cage, means for unidirectional uncoupling,

said means comprising a member slidable longitudinally which in its normal position permits the apparatus to act as a bidirectional coupling, while in its advanced and operative position it co-acts with a cage so as to prevent the gripping members from taking up one of their active positions, and additional means for retaining the longitudinally slidable member in its advanced and operative position so long as the normally driven member overruns the normally driving member and to automatically cause 1t to return to its normal position as soon -as thel normally driving member drives the normally driven member. g Y

15. In apparatus for coupling rotary drlving and driven members, a device adapted to act as a bidirectional coupling, comprising an abutment member, 4a cam member,

trolling member carried with the cam memvber and capable of limited angular move-l ment with respect to the member which car o Which in its normal position permits the apparatus to act as afbidirectionalcoupling,

while in its advanced and `operative position it co-acts with a cage so as to prevent the gripping membersfrom taking up one of their active positions, and additional means for retaining the longitudinally slidable member in its advanced and operative'position so long as the normally driven member overruns the normally driving member and to automatically cause it to return to its normal position as soon/as the normally dr1ving member drives the driven member, the

. said additional means comprising rods provided with notchescarried by the longitudinally slidable member, which notches engage with the controlling member 1n the operative position of the slidable member, thereby restraining the slidable member from returning to its normal position, until the driving member drives the driven memv ber, whereupon the said controlling member 16. I apparatus Jfor coupling rotary drivmg and riven members a device comprising the elements of a forward and a reverse um- ,is swunlclear. of the said notches.

gripping members, at least one cage, a 0011-" llO directional clutch adapted to act as a bidirectional coupling, means ,for uncoupling the reverse clutch 1n combination with additional means or automatically restoring bidirectional coupling when synchronization between the driving and driven members has been attained, the said additional means comprising a control member associated with the elements of tl e forward unidirectional clutch, through which substantially the-ful forward drive .is transmitted.

17. In apparatus for coupling rotary driving and driven members, a device comprising .the elements of two uni-directional clutches adapted to actin opposite directions and as a Y biedirectiona'l coupling, said elements comprising a normally driving member, a normally driven member and gripping members associated therewith, said vdevice being provided with means for uni-directional uncoupling and means for automatically restoring bidirectional coupling when synchronization between the driving and the 'driven members is attained, in combination with means which operate automatically when the device functions as a bi-directional coupling lfor preventing the grippingfmembers which transmit effort 1n one direction from becoming gripped at the same instant as the gripping members which transmit eifort in ,theoppo-f site direction, together with means for caus- `ing each set to grip automatically as the .di-

and that the said coupling device transmits the effort which passes through dlfferent forward gear ratios as these gear ratios are brought in to operation.-

19. A coupling device driven members comprising the elements of a forward unidirectional clutch and a reverse unidirectional clutch, adapted to act together as a bidirectional coupling, means for disengaging the reverse unidirectional clutch, t0`- gether with means for ensuring synchronization -of the speed of the driving and driven members preparatory for driving and to the re-engagementof the said reverseunidirectional clutch for the .purpose of preventing shock.

20. In apparatus for coupling rotary driving and driven members, a device comprisin the elements of a forward uni-directiona clutch and a reverse uni-directional clutch adapted to act together as a bi-directional coupling, said elements compnisin an abutment member, a cam shaped mem er,

gripping members in -the form of rollers, a

cage for locating said rollers, means for frictional engagemcnt betwenthe said ca e and the abutment member, inoperative the .reverse uni-directional clutch, in combination with means forautomatically' restoring the reverse uni-directional clutch to operativecondition whenthe driving member has overtaken the driven member.

21. A coupling devi-ce comprisinga formeins for ren ering4 ward `uni-directional` clutch with gripping I members anda reverse uni-directional clutch with gripping members,vthe said uni-directional clutehes being adapted to act together as a bi-directional coupling, means for pr'eventing both sets of gripping members being wedged simultaneously, in Ycombination with means for .rendering inoperative the reverse uni-directional clutch.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FELIX ALEXANDER JOSEPH. 

